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Columns January 10th, 2007
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Jack Atkinson
Gyms, old and new
      Today gyms are places for exercise, work-out machines and annual memberships. But there are other gyms long devoted to basketball. These monuments are expensive and have been allowed to remain. The old Swainsboro High School is completely gone except for the gymnasium. Oh how I remember playing bas...
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Bill Shipp
The speaker under fire
      Has hard-charging Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson become a role model for Southern Republican legislative leaders? Or is Richardson a dictatorial figure whose personal conduct raises concerns about his fitness as speaker? Those questions are expected to be considered Monday as an official e...
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Wally Gallian
Who is running for US President?
      Now that college football is over until September, I need something else to follow. The bowl games are over, Florida is the winner and the public wants to watch something else for a while. Personally, I do not have the stomach for American Idol so I have chosen a spectator sport that is covered by ...
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Rev. Donna Ashworth
'You Can't Win the World'
      Jesus said we were to go and witness to the world. Matthew You can't win the world to Jesus Christ if you're sitting in the pew thinking you've done your part. You can't win the world by going to church on Sunday and living the rest of the week like the devil.
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Savvy Senior
Medicaid: Stiffer new rules for nursing-home coverage
      Dear Savvy Senior, What are the rules and eligibility requirements to get Medicaid coverage for nursing-home care? My father has early Alzheimer's disease and will eventually need full time care but my parents have limited savings and no long-term care insurance. Also, if dad does get Medicaid ass...
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Looking back over the years.......
      5 years ago Scotty Hudson and Mitchell Fagler have been appointed to the Hospital Authority Board of Emanuel Medical Center. Hudson and Fagler will serve a fouryear term each. The East Georgia College African-American Union made a black history tour of south Alabama. The group visited Tuskegee U...
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Notes from the Senate............
By SEN. JACK HILL, 4th DISTRICT
      Agencies Submit Budget Requests This week we will review the formal requests from the Department o f C o m m u n i t y Health within the scope of the Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee of Appropriations, Chaired by Senator Greg Goggans.
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